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Samuel A. Plum has served as one of our directors since September 2004. Since 1996, he has served as General Partner of SCP Private Equity Partners, a private equity fund manager. From 1989 to 1993, he served as the president and chief executive officer of Charterhouse, Inc. and Charterhouse North American Securities, Inc., the U.S. based investment banking and brokerage firms of Charterhouse PLC, a London based merchant banking firm. From 1973 to 1989, he served in various capacities, including managing director and partner, in, respectively, PaineWebber, Inc. and its predecessor firm, Blyth Eastman Dillon & Co. Inc. He is currently a member of the board of directors of Index Stock Imagery, Inc., a provider of visual imagery to businesses and consumers; Metallurg Holdings Inc., a holding company for Metallurg, Inc.; a leading international producer and seller of high quality metal alloys; Pentech Financial Services, Inc., an equipment financing company; and, Pac-West Telecomm, Inc., a telecommunications company. He holds a B.A. in American History from Harvard University and a M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. | 